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People's World

About People's World

The People's World is a national, grassroots newspaper and the direct descendant of the Daily Worker. Published by Long View Publishing Co., the PW reports on and analyzes the pressing issues and struggles of the day: for workers' rights, peace, equality, social and economic justice, democracy, civil liberties, women's rights, protection of the environment, and more.
Satellite data reveal how the new record low Arctic sea ice extent, from Sept. 16, 2012, compares to the average minimum extent over the past 30 years (in yellow). Photo by NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio.

Cold spring linked with climate change and melting sea ice

27 March, 2013

Across large portions of North America and Europe, the beginning of spring has been anything but warm so far. Scientists have now attributed that to the intense loss of Arctic sea ice caused by climate change. Last autumn, that ice … Continue reading

Dozens of environmental activists protested in front of the White House against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would transport crude oil from western Canada down through the Midwestern region of the US. Photo Credit: Ben Powless.

The Keystone XL pipeline battle continues in 2013

10 January, 2013

There may not yet be the political will in Congress to pass significant climate change legislation. But we can be sure that any and all efforts to address this issue will continue to get strong support from Mother Nature. Just … Continue reading

Anti nuclear power protests in Kouenji, Japan. Photo by Matthias Lambrecht.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster was “man-made”

1 August, 2012

Last year’s Fukushima nuclear catastrophe was “man-made” and “the result of collusion” between the government, regulators and the company operating the nuclear plants, a report commissioned by Japan’s Parliament has charged. For Americans, the stinging report, the result of months … Continue reading

Pictured here is Chut Wutty, a prominent Cambodian anti-logging activist, who was fatally shot after military police opened fire near a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam in Koh Kong earlier this year.

Murdered because they wanted to protect the environment

10 July, 2012

Environmental activists world wide – including community leaders and journalists – were being killed at a rate of one per week during 2011 alone, reports The Guardian. Today, the persecution of environmentalists is on the rise, as pro-oil corporate interests … Continue reading

Scientists fine-tune extinction rate projections

27 May, 2011

The journal Nature recently reported that modern methods of measuring animal populations are too simple and often do not take into account the complexity of what influences species numbers. Professor Stephen Hubbell, from California, and Professor Fangliang He, from China, … Continue reading

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gestures during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.

The world’s economic model is suicide, says UN Secretary General

28 March, 2011

Describing the world’s economic model based on insatiable consumption of resources “a global suicide pact,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders at the World Economic Forum to “make major changes – in our lifestyles, our economic models, our social … Continue reading

Coalition of environmental, public health and civil rights organisations fights GOP attack on EPA

11 February, 2011

“Race and income are the top two factors in considering where to locate pollution-causing facilities like coal-fired power plants.” Supporters of clean air and water this week pushed back against a Republican Party proposal to stop the Environmental Protection Agency … Continue reading

Evo Morales

Alternative summit on environment and people held in Bolivia

1 May, 2010

Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this year called for an international conference to deal with the structural causes of climate change and to propose “alternative models” for humans to live in harmony with the natural world. The First World People’s … Continue reading

Audi green police car commercial ignites controversy

12 February, 2010

Controversy was sparked recently when Audi aired a new car commercial featuring “green police” arresting polluters for environmental infractions. The ad which ran during last Sunday’s Super Bowl, promoted Audi’s new car, the A3 TDI diesel.

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